Cops tase man for having seizure

(RT) Two Texan police officers are being sued for using a Taser to shock a man who was having a seizure, causing the 50-year-old to suffer a heart attack and permanent brain damage.

Scott Sheeley filed a federal complaint last week in Austin, TX, requesting a jury trial against two police officer who shocked him with a Taser. In May, Sheeley unsuccessfully asked for a settlement of at least $1.5 million to cover the costs of medical fees, attorneys and emotional damages.

The case involves a police response to a 911 phone call last November. Police responded to a request for medical assistance for Sheeley, who was suffering a seizure at his home in Austin. When officers Chard Norman and Kevin Sederquest arrived at the man’s house, they allegedly used violence to restrict him from movement, constrained his ability to breathe and repeatedly shocked him with a Taser gun.

The officers controlled the man by “pushing a knee on his back while he was in handcuffs, causing his head to be pressed against the back cushion of the chair, all while he was still convulsing,” the brother of the victim, Dustin Sheeley wrote in a complaint against the state.

Police continued to Taser the man, even after the brother told them not to, and even after the convulsing man was handcuffed. The 50-year-old was left with wounds on his shoulder, back and under his left armpit.

When paramedics arrived, Sheeley was injected with Haldol and Ativan – drugs which are used to control psychotic disorders and anxiety and which can also cause seizures and sudden death, the plaintiff said. The victim then had a heart attack.

“As a result of being improperly restrained, in particular after concurrently having received Ativan and Haldol, the plaintiff suffered respiratory arrest and ceased breathing… As a result of the respiratory arrest, plaintiff suffered cardiac arrest,” reads the formal complaint against the officers.

It took paramedics 11 minutes to revive the man and bring back his pulse.

The man claims the police violated his Constitutional rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments.

“Mr. Sheely’s injuries were severe and impact him daily,” defense attorney Leslie Lienemann wrote in the complaint.“He is still receiving medical care for a number of medical symptoms and will continue to do so.”

One Response to Cops tase man for having seizure

This type of thing is happening all around the United States more and more often. Mostly because of the lack of funds in the Civil Rights Enforcement Agency in Washington, DC. The account was frozen before 2004 at $9,096,000, which is just enough to cover inflation, probably not even that anymore. Police and Sheriffs use tachtics on United States citizens similar to tachtics used in violent protests and in war. The protest in California recently is a prime example where a police officer shot a man for throwing something while he was running away. The protest was peaceful, but the cops, police, and sheriffs created a reason to make it violent by not admitting that they had any fault in the matter. This country is becoming a communist state, run by corrupt politicians, and backed by huge drug smuggling operations. Take for example a Sheriff in Otero County, New Mexico that deleted any comments off of a public web site that made him look bad in the public eye. Sheriff Benny House deleted more than 40 comments to get himself elected that might have shown signs of using false witness testimony to prosecute citizens and a negative public opinion about hime being Sheriff.